Discovery of potent and liver-targeted stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) inhibitors in a bispyrrolidine series
作者:Nicolas Lachance、Yves Gareau、Sébastien Guiral、Zheng Huang、Elise Isabel、Jean-Philippe Leclerc、Serge Léger、Evelyn Martins、Christian Nadeau、Renata M. Oballa、Stéphane G. Ouellet、David A. Powell、Yeeman K. Ramtohul、Geoffrey K. Tranmer、Thao Trinh、Hao Wang、Lei Zhang
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.12.002
日期:2012.1
Inhibition of stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) activity represents a potential novel mechanism for the treatment of metabolic disorders including obesity and type II diabetes. To circumvent skin and eye adverse events observed in rodents with systemically-distributed SCD inhibitors, our research efforts have been focused on the search for new and structurally diverse liver-targeted SCD inhibitors. This work has led to the discovery of novel, potent and structurally diverse liver-targeted bispyrrolidine SCD inhibitors. These compounds possess suitable cellular activity and pharmacokinetic properties to inhibit liver SCD activity in a mouse pharmacodynamic model. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.